Backhand Index Pointing Down Emoji
A finger pointing down, directing the reader to whatever follows.
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Meaning & usage
What does the Backhand Index Pointing Down emoji mean?
A finger pointing down, directing the reader to whatever follows.
Directional and a little eager. It points at what comes next and suits a call to action better than a serious message.
How to use 👇 naturally
Link in bio, comments below and calls to action.
Hand gestures can be direct and efficient, which makes them useful in quick replies. Their tone varies across cultures and age groups, so a short accompanying phrase can prevent ambiguity.
From standard to slang
The history of 👇
- 2010
First defined as emoji
According to Unicode’s Emoji Versions data, Backhand Index Pointing Down was first defined as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. That label is retrospective: Unicode applied it later to the early mobile core it inherited from the Japanese carriers.
- Before the keyboard
Its visual roots
A hand seen from the back with the index finger pointing down. It points at whatever comes next, and bios lean on it to steer readers to the link underneath.
- Today
How its use evolved
Link in bio, comments below and calls to action.
Dates follow Unicode’s official Emoji Versions chart. Versions before Emoji 1.0 are labelled retrospectively. See the history of emoji.
In conversation
Examples of 👇 in messages
These examples show the emoji in complete messages, where the words make its intended tone easier to read.
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Answers in the comments 👇
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When to use it
Using 👇 clearly
Link in bio, comments below and calls to action. It lands as pointing down emoji or finger down emoji when the rest of the message supports that reading, and it is the surrounding words that do the deciding — so in a sensitive, professional or cross-cultural conversation, say the thing outright as well.
Common questions
About the backhand index pointing down emoji
What does 👇 mean in a text message?
A finger pointing down, directing the reader to whatever follows. Directional and a little eager. It points at what comes next and suits a call to action better than a serious message.
Is 👇 always positive?
Not always. Its usual readings are pointing down emoji, finger down emoji, 👇 meaning, and irony or the relationship between the people can flip any of them.
Why does 👇 look different on another device?
U+1F447 identifies the emoji; the picture is a font, drawn separately by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. Only the artwork changes, never the character.
How do I copy and paste the backhand index pointing down emoji?
Use the copy button at the top of this page. 👇 is a character, not an image, so it pastes into messages, captions and filenames as ordinary text.
When was the backhand index pointing down emoji introduced?
Unicode’s Emoji Versions data first records 👇 as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. Early emoji version numbers can be retrospective, so this date describes its place in the standardised emoji set rather than the first-ever appearance of the underlying symbol.
For developers
👇 in code
Every value below is generated from the character itself, so it stays correct even where a file encoding cannot hold the emoji directly.
| Format | Value | When to use it | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F447 | The standard reference. Use it to search a character map or a spec. | |
| HTML (hex) | 👇 | For HTML and XML. Safe in files that are not saved as UTF-8. | |
| HTML (decimal) | 👇 | The same reference in decimal. Both render identically. | |
| CSS | \1F447 | For the content property. Keep the quotes around the whole value. | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F447} | A string-literal escape. Needs the u flag inside a regular expression. | |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%91%87 | Percent-encoded UTF-8, for query strings and API requests. |
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Emoji details
- Unicode
- U+1F447
- Category
- Hands & Gestures
- Also known as
- pointing down emojifinger down emoji👇 meaning
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